New Book: Dallas Business Journal 2016 Book of Lists

The Dallas Business Journal 2016 Book of Lists provides ranked listings of hundreds of Dallas area companies. The book also lists the names of key decision makers along with their titles and complete contact information, making this book ideal for sales prospecting, job searching, fundraising, and business research.

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New Book: 2015-2016 Annual Statement Studies Financial Ration Benchmarks

Financial ratio benchmarks for all industries. Highlights key industry ratios that are pertinent to financial well being.
 Contains composite financial data on manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, service, and contracting lines of business. Arranged by SIC code, this work makes it possible to compare one company's performance relative to other companies in the same line of business.

You can find this book and more at the UNT Dallas Library.

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Resources for Successful Academic Writing: Book Spotlight

For any student going to college for the first time, The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing is an excellent and easy to read resource that can making writing for instructors easier. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of writing a paper such as concision, clarity, flow, punctuation, gracefulness, using sources, paragraphs, and beginnings and endings. Each chapter is then broken down into separate sections to explain the nuances of each subject. The book even contains an appendix for document and citation formats including CMS, MLA, and APA style guides and instructions on how to do basic document formats and abstracts. If you are concerned about your writing expertise or simply want to refresh your memory on writing rules, this book is the perfect guide to aid you in your many assignments.

You can find this eBook and many more in the UNT Dallas Library Catalog.

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New Addition to the UNT Dallas Library Catalog

If you are studying business, management, or marketing, then this book will give you even more insight into your area of study. Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies 2015 is a vast resource containing information on 1700 private companies. While some resources simply relay data, Hoover’s Handbook of Private Companies 2015 contains both data and information like strategies and personalities of influential figures in the business. This book also contains several lists revealing the 200 largest companies by sales, the 200 largest employers, and much more.

You can find this book and many more in the UNT Dallas Library. 

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New Book at the UNT Dallas Library: How to Succeed in Business Using LinkedIn

How to Succeed in Business Using LinkedIn: Making Connections and Capturing Opportunities on the World’s #1 Business Networking Site

“Hailed as the “MySpace” for professionals, LinkedIn has taken the Internet by storm. It is now estimated that 19 million business professionals log in to this site every day to look for job opportunities, search for potential clients, get recommendations from colleagues, and reconnect with former coworkers. LinkedIn allows users to create a profile detailing their professional experience and accomplishments, which will help them connect with literally thousands of qualified professionals in their field. How to Succeed in Business Using LinkedIn takes users through every aspect of the site, from getting registered and building their network to posing questions and creating groups. Readers will learn how to: *create their home page so other users can find them, *give and receive references, *search for experts in their field, *find leads, *market their business, *look for and become a service provider, *find and recruit for jobs, *conduct business research, *discover people outside their networks Unique and practical, this is the only book available that shows users how to make the most of LinkedIn and the powerful networking opportunities it offers.”  See more at http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780814410745.do.  

This book is available at the UNT Dallas Library for checkout for one week.  It may be requested online.  To do this, go to the library website http://www.untdallas.edu/library, select Catalog, enter the title and click “Request this item for pickup.”  

Business majors (BUSI) and people interested in pursuing a career in business might benefit from reading this book.  It explains the ins and outs of LinkedIn and how it relates to the business profession.  If you are interested in this book, you might also be interested in The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success. 

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